The Date With Fate

''(text-style:"bold","shadow","sway")+(text-colour:red)[#THE DATE WITH FATE]'' Hello my fellow horror movie and true crime finatic. have you even watched a scary movie and though to yourself "I could survive that situation."? Well here is your chance to prove it! Follow through in this story and see if you can make it through the story and survive or meet your untimely death. Good Luck! [[Welcome]]

As you walk in you get this weird feeling that someone is watching you but you decide to brush it off. You and your friends split up to explore different parts of the building. You walk into a dark room with mirrors lining all four walls. They are all cracked and tarnished which adds to eeriness of the situation. As you stare at one of the mirrors, you see a dark shadowy figure. You move closer to investigate when suddenly you hear a piercing scream from the other room. (display: "mirror img") Startled, you make your way out of the room into the dark [[hallway]].

You and all your friends run towards the screaming, adrenaline pulsing through your veins. When you enter you see your friend Sarah standing on a chair terrified as Chad dangles a rat in front of her face laughing. (display: "rat img") As everyone settles down, Nina finds an oil lamp and matches. With a spark of the flame, the room was filled with light. You [[blink]] taking in your surroundings.

It takes a minute for all of your eyes to adjust but it becomes quickly evident that this room is fully furnished. On the far wall a large desk has stacks of papers strewn across the surface and all over the floor. the walls were covered in chalk drawings and unintelligible scribbles. A bookshelf stands in the corner. You walk over to skim the titles, but you do not recognize any of them. Suddenly a large leatherbound book with tattered brown pages and red lettering catches your eyes. You [[pull]] the book of the shelf.

As you remove the book from the shelf, a loud creaking noise pierces the almost silent room and a secret door [[opens]] next to the shelf.

Everyone is scared but curious to explore the contents of the secret room. Your friends decide to enter the room. As they make their way down the steps into the creepy basement room you are suddenly struck with paralyzing fear. You can hear your friends calling you to join them but all you want to do is run. At this point, you have two choices. You can either [[go home]] OR you could [[follow your friends down to imminent death]].

After taking one last look down the dark, foreboding staircase, you realize it’s a no brainer. You yell down to your friends that guys should not be here, and you refuse to die in such a cliché way so you’re going home. As you walk out into the crisp night air, you can’t help but feel weird for leaving them. “They’re adults and are capable of making their own decisions! Besides they’re all together, they’ll be fine. Relax!”, you exclaim to yourself. When you get home you get a message from Chad in the group chat. It’s a picture of your friends posed in front of an ominous statue. The caption reads, “Hey Riley, why didn’t you tell us your grandpa was down here?” You laugh to yourself, but at least you know they are safe. Felling a sense of relief, you put on some nice, fluffy pajamas and a face mask. You snap a pic to send to your friends. “Stay safe! Text me when you guys get home. I’ll be here watching true crime while eating candy like a normal, sane college student would do on the day before Halloween.” Sarah replies, “TOTES BORING!!! What a grandma.” (text-style:"rumble","bold")[BANG! BANG! BANG!] You awake to someone pounding loudly on your dorm door. The clock across the room flashes 6:00 A.M. You stumble through the dark room towards the door and you [[open it]].

After taking a deep breath, you decide that your friends need you to help keep them out of trouble. Plus, you’re the horror movie fanatic so you could lend your knowledge. You descend the stairs and step into the room with your friends. As you look around, you see that the room is full of priceless antique artifacts. Chad walks over to a porcelain statue and says, “Riley! You didn’t tell us your grandpa was going to be here.” You all laugh and continue to survey the scene around you. Suddenly, Nina screams as she falls through the floor of the basement. You run towards her trying to grab her hand, but it is too late. She’s fallen through the crack in the floorboards into the dark depths below. Sarah and Chad begin to freak out and you try your best to calm them down while trying not to loose it yourself. Then you all hear Nina faintly at first, then a little louder. She’s calling for help. You guys are relieved to hear she’s okay and try to come up with a plan. You tell them to go back upstairs and try to find some rope so you can try and pull Nina back up. They rush upstairs and as they walk through the door the door slams behind them. You run up the stairs screaming and begin pounding on the door. Sarah and Chad try their hardest to pry the door open, but it is once again locked. Sarah tried to pull on the book again but to no avail. Instead, a door in the basement screeches open and a tunnel becomes visible. You go back down the stairs and [[walk towards the entryway of the tunnel]]. (display: "corridor img")

Standing in the doorway is a police officer. The next few minutes pass in a blur. You are barely present, your soul leaving your body as you hear the officers’ words, “Riley, we have some unfortunate news about your friends. Maybe you should sit down while we ask you some questions.” Confused and dazed in your half stupor you stare down at your phone. Eyes stinging with tears as the notifications of 13 miss calls and over 200 messages stare back at you. You can’t help but feel at fault for leaving them there. The cops drone on about the gory details of how they found your friends bodies, mangled and almost unrecognizable in the wreckage of a burning vehicle a couple miles outside of town. You barely hear them though. It takes everything in you not to break down in hysterics. You want to scream and throw things, but you’re stuck there, frozen in this moment in time. The Cops get your statement and after what seems like a grueling 3 hours, they leave. You are mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted. You can’t even cry anymore as no tears will fall. Despite being tired, however, you can’t fall asleep. Your mind keeps racing and playing back the events of the previous evening. How could you just leave them there? And that is your last thought as you drift off to sleep. If you had just gone with them or convinced them to come home with you, maybe they’d still be alive. You wake up a couple hours later ready to sit and mope in bed, but something pushes you to check your phone. You resolve to listen to the voicemails at a later time. You wouldn’t be able to stomach hearing their voices at this point. Instead, you decide to [[look through all the messages]] sent through the group chat. Maybe they would give clues as to how they met their untimely demise.

As you look through the messages you start to piece together a vague frame of the events that occurred. Leave it to Nina to text you a play by play of their activities. She was always the resourceful one. You shouldn’t have left her to fend for herself. But you can’t think about that now. You have to figure out what went wrong. With a newfound determination, you pack a backpack with supplies and head back out to the abandoned building. Phone, flashlight, and baseball bat in hand, you sneak back into the building and walk to the room with the hidden door. The door was left open, and you take a deep breath as you descend the stairs. As your eyes adjust you see the ominous statue on the ground, shattered in pieces. Stepping over it, you [[walk towards the entryway of the tunnel]]. (display: "corridor img")

(if:(history: where its name contains "follow your friends down to imminent death")'s length is 1)[You enter the tunnel, and it leads you to an underground walkway. The walls are lined with writing in a language you can’t understand. As you walk further down, you see that the walls have deep scratch marks as if someone was trying to claw their way out. Creepy… but you can’t focus on that now. You have to get out of here. You walk a little while longer until you reach a fork in the path. You can either go [[left]], [[right]], or [[turn back]].] (if:(history: where its name contains "go home")'s length is 1)[You enter the tunnel, and it leads you to an underground walkway. The walls are lined with writing in a language you can’t understand. As you walk further down, you see that the walls have deep scratch marks as if someone was trying to claw their way out. Creepy… but you can’t focus on that now. You have to get out of here. You walk a little while longer until you reach a fork in the path. You can either go [[left]] or [[right]].]

You decide to go left down the scary, dimly lit corridor. As you are walking, you notice that there are even more weird scratch marks and writing. You slowly begin to feel uneasy, but you can’t turn back now. You enter a room with cages all around and they are empty, doors open and creaking. (display: "cage img") Suddenly an animal comes charging towards you. It has been stalking you for some time now but has finally decided to attack. You are frozen in fear for a second and then you start bolting towards the door back down the alley way. As you are running you almost make it back to the basement but then you trip and [[fall flat]] on to your face.

You decide to go down the corridor to the right. It is lined with torches, and you think maybe you’ll finally have a chance to find your way out of this hellhole. You walk for a little while longer until you come across a huge room. Inside the room, there are huge T.V. screens and cameras all around. (display: "lab img") You turn around and see a set of steps leading up to a control panel for all the T.V.s and cameras. You [[press]] the large button,

You try to get up but pain shoots through your ankle. Laying on the floor, you begin to crawl towards the door. You turn your head as the animal jumps on you and his yellow gleaming eyes are the last thing you see before he tears you to shreds. (display: "eyes img")

(if:(history: where its name contains "follow your friends down to imminent death")'s length is 1)[The lights and T.V. turn on. A video begins to play, and you see people being tortured in this house. You are mortified as you hear their screams. You realize that they are being tortured as part of a ritual for sacrifice. You are now even more ready to leave this crazy place as soon as possible. You see the levers that control the door, and you open up the [[basement]].] (if:(history: where its name contains "go home")'s length is 1)[The lights and T.V. turn on. A video begins to play, and you see your friends being tortured in this house. You are mortified as you hear their screams. You realize that they are being tortured as part of a ritual for sacrifice. You are now even more ready to leave this crazy place as soon as possible. As you continue to watch the video, you see that your friends are able to escape in a car but someone starts chasing them and blows up the vehicle they are in. Suddenly, someone lunges at you from the other side of the room and you are [[knocked out]]. ]

You run back through the corridor and back up the stairs into the house. You scream as you see Sarah and Chad are dead. But you do not have time to dwell on that fact now because you have to go [[save Nina]].

You awake tied to a metal chair, head pulsing. The lights are shining bright on you making it hard to see anything. The person sees you are cognizent and [[walks toward you]].

He tells you he's a mad scientist and his job is to sacrifice humans to help save the world from extinction. Looking into his eyes, you can see that this man is clearly deranged. He goes into great detail about how he tortured your friends. He laughs at the look of disgust and anger on your face. He is clearly enjoying this. He tells you that he will now do the same to you. As he lunges toward you, you bite him in the arm and [[fight back]].

You get loose of your bondage and hit him over the head with a pipe that is laying on the floor next to you. He is knocked out but you hit him a couple more times for good measure. Spitting on his lifeless body, you run upstairs and out of the house. As you breathe in the chilly air of morning, the cops surround the building and help you to safety. (display: "police img")

You take the rope from their hands and run back down to Nina. You yell out her name but receive no reply. You look around you for someplace to tie the rope. (display: "hole img") You see the staircase and tie the rope on it and descend down into the pit. Once inside the pit, you see that she is passed out. You run towards her and try to wake her up. She slowly comes to and realizes you are there to save her. You [[help her up]] and try to figure a way out.

You decide that your best option is to just go back to the basement. You are sure you will be able to figure somethin out. Besides, you do not want to risk it anyways. When you get back to the basement room you decide that you have two options. You can either try anf figure out how to [[help Nina out of the pit]], or look around the room for a way to [[open the basement door]].

You both see an exit and walk towards it. Suddenly, someone lunges at Nina from the other side of the room. The person knocks her down and she screams in agony as he steps on her ankle, breaking it. You scream and fight back, stabbing the person with the plank of broken wood on the floor. Impaled, they fall to the floor and die. Spitting on the bad guys lifeless body, you [[grab Nina]] and run.

You both decide to make a run for it but it is hard because of Nina's broken ankle. You both almost reach the end of the corridor when she trips and falls. You quickly try and help her up but you scream as you feel a searing pain down your back. The animal has caught up to you and his yellow gleaming eyes are the last thing you see before he tears you both to shreds. (display: "eyes img")

You and Nina both look at each other with a knowing look. She says its for the best and that there was no way she was going to survive anyways. With tears in your eyes, you hug her and she lunges towards the animal while you make your escape. You exit the room and run back down the corridor and up the stairs. You sprint out of the house and collapse on the front lawn of the building. As you breathe in the chilly air of morning, the cops surround the building and help you to safety. (display: "police img")

You end up in a room with cages all around you. An animal shows up and begins to circle you both. At this point, you have 3 options. You can either [[sacrifice Nina]], [[fight it off]], or [[run]]. (display: "cage img")

You both lunge at the animal, trying to fight it off. However, you both quickly realize that this was a mistake as he tears of Nina's arm. The animal lunges for her head next and snaps her neck. You stare, paralyzed with fear. The animal creeps forward ready to pounce. As it jumps, you duck into one of the cages. Closing the door behind you, you try your hardest to avoid the claws reaching it to scratch you. In a sudden burst of courage and adrenaline, you open the cage door and it hits the animal in the face, knocking it to the ground. You see this as your opportunity to run. You exit the room and run back down the corridor and up the stairs. You sprint out of the house and collapse on the front lawn of the building. As you breathe in the chilly air of morning, the cops surround the building and help you to safety. (display: "police img")

As you are looking into the pit, trying to figure out how to help Nina, you fall in and break your neck. (display: "hole img")

You walk around the room picking up random objects hoping that they will open the basement door. Suddenly, something cathces your eye. There is a lever on on of the walls and you go to pull it. (display: "pendelum img") At first nothing happens, and then you hear a whooshing noise. As you turn around you see a swinging blade headed your way and you become decapitated.

(display: "intro img") One cold and dark Hallows eve, you and a group of friends are out and about looking for something to do to pass the time. As you are walking, you begin to hear weird noises coming from the abandoned building to your left. As a group, you decide to investigate. After all, what is the worst thing that can happen? It's not like you're walking into a cursed building known for unexplainable paranormal activity where people have died right? ... Oh wait. You [[enter]] the building.

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